#have i mentioned how in love i am with this preset

[simsplayernotfound]

@the-scrapyard 's new preset + Ravenwood is a vibe

[ss33hksims]

How I Make My Sims in 10 mins +Download included

I would like to show you guys how I create my sims usually. It will be more consistent and time-saving to use presets from our amazing cc creators. Personally I love to use presets but there are limited presets created for male sims. So it usually takes me about half an hour to make a male sims. No matter what, I am not good at in-game screenshot and photo editing, not to mention using Blender, so creating sims is just for fun only. I rarely use for in-game cause the lighting really ruins my sims. I usually just build lots / houses in-game . SO, Don't be stressed! We don't need to be perfect, so do our sims.

No reshade used

Screenshot taken from CAS.

(Continue to view the video and cc list)

==CC List==

SKIN:

Soft rose B Full body by @northernsiberiawinds

Spotlight by @simandy

Head preset 5 by @northernsiberiawinds

Ear preset 2 by @mmsims

Nose preset 13 by @eunosims

Blush from GPME-GOLD MAKEUP SET by @goppolsme

HAIR:

HAIR 09HQ by @jino-sims

EYE:

Eyebrow G24 by @goppolsme

Eye preset N1 by @northernsiberiawinds

Eyes 48 by @bunbunzsims1

Eyeliner cc52 by @goppolsme

Eyeshadow from GPME-GOLD MAKEUP SET CC70 by @goppolsme

3D Lashes N3 by @obscurus-sims

LIPS:

Lip presets 012 (I guess) by @lutessasims

Lipstick 14 by @bunbunzsims1

OUTFIT:

knit bustier top & skirt set by @yuns2ol

SHOES:

Shine Boots by @shoestopia

Classic tights by @magic-bot

ACC:

Earrings Sofia @enriques4

Sweat Suit Set Bucket Hat by @rimings

Download my sims here (Please make sure you download all the cc above as well)

Please tag me to let me know you are using it.

Let me know if I missed some cc. There are too many, I may have missed.

Thank you for your support!❤️

[kissalopa]

Dropping this in multiple aks boxes. Who have been inspirational to you lately? #spreadsimblrlove 🫶

Hi! 👋

Sorry it took me forever to answer this ask, but I am just very slow 😅

All of these simblrs inspire me (and a lot of others, but I got overwhelmed compiling this list)

@akitasimblr I love how many different gameplays Ana has, and she's dedicated to all of them! I am also a big fan of Le Chat!

@aleksa-sims tells her real life story, it's so brave! And her screenshots are amazing! She is also a very nice person.

@cinamun is an amazing storyteller! I am so invested in her Things Fall Apart, it makes me laugh, cry and think.

@cyazurai has many different gameplays and also posts other games too. It reminds me that I love all kind of games and should play them too, not only sims 😅

@daisydezem is not very active lately, but I love her RainbowSin challenge. Her BACC, Supersim and own playthrough of RainbowSin are so interesting!

@dustbon plays mostly on short lifespan and quickly progresses through legacies. I love it! I'd love to play a legacy on a short lifespan one day too.

@faeriefrolic plays Sims 3. Her sims are cute and wholesome.

@introvertedfox plays vanilla. It inspired me to play vanilla myself, but I always end up with defaults first, them some mods, then some blushes and then it's not vanilla anymore 😅

@llamabees her sims and posts are so colourful! I also love her reshade preset and templates!

@loveryss her sims are cute and her posts are cozy! She also makes great cc!

@oswanily has completed the 100 baby challenge! And Seven Wonders challenge which she created and inspired me to play it too. It's one of the few challenges that I actually completed!

@shmoodlet are an amazing person! They are very supportive and friendly. And their gameplays are always with a bit of a story, which my gameplays are always lack of.

@silwermoon-sims has the cutest sims ever! Her lookbooks and gameplay inspire me to be more creative with my sims!

@simspaghetti plays Sims 3. Her editing inspired me to try out different editing style myself. Her gameplay rules and Sims 3 guides really helped me get into the game. I plan on using some of her Sims 3 gameplay rules for my Sims 4 gameplays too.

@tipsy-clouds inspired me to play one of the Sims 4 scenarios! I haven't posted it yet, though. Her lookbooks and resources are very helpful!

@waaneco post the most cutest Sims 3 and Sims 4 posts! And their Stardew Valley pics and gifs inspire me to play that game!

I'm so sorry I didn't mention more people! There are a lot more simblrs who inspire me, but it wasn't easy coming up with this list. I know I missed some blogs that I wanted to add, but as I said I got overwhelmed. If I didn't mention you it doesn't mean you don't inspire me! If I follow your blog you can almost 100% be sure that you inspire me 💜 🥰

[charbies]

I love your coloring style! I struggle so much with painting color, do you have any advice for cohesive color schemes, or how you go about picking what colors and values to use? Do you always use references?

Yes!!! Ok so for a long time I struggled with color too, I would get stuck and give up on whatever I was working on because color just didn't make any sense

truth is, I don't think you can get very far with figuring out color without first figuring out VALUES

So when we color first and then desaturate the left pic, we get a very boring, flat pic, limited values. Middle pic and right pic are 2 examples of grouping values by foreground, midground, and background to create more contast & dynamic layouts.

Case in point; contrast shows our eyes where to go. Our eyeballs like having clear focal points, it makes a good drawing that much more satisfying to look at within its borders.

2 layouts for values that I personally like are dark foreground on light background, and light/dark foreground on midtone background.

once I have a value study I like, I start laying color in by applying a gradient map. Drawing programs will have presets, but I highly recommend learning to build your own gradient maps. From there I'll tweak the hue around until I find undertones I like (more on that later)

NOW LETS TALK LOCAL COLOR. I define local color, aka "flats" as the color your character is "made out of." Basically ask yourself what colors are your character, if your character was sucked into a vacuum where there was no organic source of light/shadow/sun/etc that would influence the local colors.

Once I have local colors, I use a new layer set to overlay and "lay" the local colors over the gradient. Local colors we want + gradient undertones + dynamic values = cohesive colorssssss

Now one thing I want to mention about color in general is, when I started doing digital art, my brain would "icon-ify" colors and pick colors based on an object's "information" (e.g. frogs are green). As a result, I'd pick a lot of saturated colors in the upper right quad of my color picker, and this would limit my color pallets quite a bit.

Now that I'm more well-versed with values, I've intuitively gotten better at picking local colors in other quads and on parts of the color wheel that go against object "info." In general, I like picking local colors that are warm & earthy.

Additionally, you can always use overlay to create cohesion if you're trying to go for a certain look/feel that's tricky to manually pick out on the color wheel!

Last 2 things I'll mention are I avoid using a large amount of default digital "white" in artwork. This white literally does not exist in nature, it's like a vacuum to the point where these "clouds" just look like holes in the pictures here. I highly recommend looking at examples of traditional underpainting & using undertones, this was a gamechanger for me since I learned how to carry a traditional technique into digital art and it greatly improved my digital art

References I always use references, for 2 reasons: 1) I have a tough time conceptualizing whole ideas in my head and can't draw most things from memory (womp womp). 2) I legit do not practice anything ever, oops, I am usually learning at least 1 new thing every time I draw, so basically it'll be like "ok time to learn how wolves work" and this requires references lol. I'll use photos or hostages (ie my partner lol) for anatomy & poses, pinterest & posemaniacs are fantastic for this.

Anyway that's every silly little thing I could think of to say lol. I've done digital art for 10ish years, I'm fully self-taught, take that as you will lol. Thanks for asking this, hope it was helpful! :+)

[twosides--samecoin]

How do you get your screen caps ??? they’re literally so amazing and perfect and I love them so much 😭

Hey gamer, thanks for the ask~

Prob a good place to mention that I take free screenshot commissions in Fallout 4! Free! Send me a poseprompt/NPC and in my downtime between fic chapters I'll see what I can do! You can browse my photos on my archive with this tag -> Fallout Screenshots. I can pose pretty much any NPC/animal. Long rambly post so there's more below the cut.

I was a film photographer before I ever was artful about game screenshots. I came up in the Ansel Adams school of thought. His whole thing was he'd hike up to a mountain with a large format camera on a heavy tripod. He'd see the resulting image in his "mind's eye" and imagine each and every problem possible he'd have to contend with in the creative process to get there. He was the most low-key, soft-spoken batshit crazy control freak artist who made each photo look easy. You'd never guess at the amount of time and work and travel it took him to take one photo. Even his simplest works make people feel ant-small compared to the arresting grandness of the American landscape's most boring viscera. I have several books of his and four of the official/authorized prints, and I bring AA up because I'm kinda insane in the same ways when it comes to screenshots. In my books, it should never be just an image, it should be the most elevated version of the image you can make given your current skill and tools available at that present moment. My Yeehawgust 2024 entry, Rocky Mountain High, is an example of that. A five image composite stitched in post processing with set and lighting design including hand-placed trees and custom terraforming of a map in Creation Kit.

The easy answer is Photo Mode. I have a 400ish-entry mod list that is built around taking photos, but Photo Mode is really the key because it allows you to rotate the camera and pause game time with a user interface instead of relying on console. I approach screenshots the same as my film cameras.

My simplest game -> upload pipeline are my candid portraits. I will notice the way light creates shadow on an object or a character will be doing something interesting and then I bring up Photo Mode to capture it. I then load the image in Clip Studio and adjust using correction layers; normally levels/saturation/brightness and contrast set to lowish opacity, a sharpness action then a crop and that's it.

My more complex game -> upload pipelines can be as "easy" as posing characters (mine often begin with premade anims/poses but the end result is almost always a custom-tweaked pose; I'm considering releasing a pose mod of my custom work) or as complex as set and lighting design. Sometimes that's as easy as using the settlement builder. Sometimes that's as complex as fixing up a model in Blender/Nifskope, or opening up Creation Kit and making custom tweaks to the world map because the way I need it to look doesn't exist in mods/vanilla. Depending on what I am trying to accomplish, it can take me several days to create a staged scene. Work on Chapter 15 screenshots started two months ago because I knew I would need a lot of time to test and iterate.

Uhhh what else? Most photos take between 10-30 test photos before I get it right. I also use 4k-8k textures; Jack, Livvie and RJ all have unique clothes and bodyslide presets. Shit gets weird when I forget and put RJ in clothes meant for Mr. Bowling Ball Deltoids himself, Jack. I manipulate game time and weather with console. I dislike most ENB and in my arrogance I believe there's almost nothing ENB can do for a still image that I can't achieve in post-processing.

I could go on for hours about taking photos so I will stop here! Thanks for the ask!

[attic-club-sandwich]

My Obey Me (remake) Sims are done!!! I've compiled a full list of my CC I used that i'll include in links below. I am planning on uploading them to the gallery but there was a conflicting mod that kind of messed things up so I have to make sure it's all fixed. But i'll let you guys know when they are uploaded if you want to play with them! They are also all spellcasters, so Realm of Magic is recommended! I'm also working on Diavolo and Barbatos, and i have some cc to make Simeon at some point too.

I used a lot of stuff from @scyllasims because they are absolutely amazing for creating all the Obey Me cc. Like, I know you aren't active anymore but just know I love you. Giving you literally the biggest, squeeziest hug. I also got a majority of my stuff from @demonsongbird as well on LoversLab. Thank you, you also get a huge hug from me!! I'm so thankful that you shared them with us!

Alright, Sims are below the cut! Let me know if you have any questions! There's a few things i couldn't find again for the life of me or I may have just forgot.

Edit: I forgot to mention their “human” forms have the horns because I literally can’t remove them without removing from the entirety of the outfits 🙄 I could have taken them off for the sake of the photos but oh well lol

Lucifer

Hair: Scyllasims

Horns: Scyllasims

Wings: Scyllasims

Eyes: Scyllasims (one preset in eye colors, gradient overlay in tattoos)

Eyebrows: Pralinesims April Eyebrow Pack

Skin Overlay: ArchiveFaction boyband Genic Set (i think)

Vest/Jacket/Pants: Scyllasims

Shoes: Kingsmen Set by thisiskiro

Demon Form Jacket: from Demonsongbird on LoversLab NSFW 18+(I can't find the original creator's cc link T_T)

Jewel Tattoo: Diamond Seal Face Paint

Mammon

(god i'm so excited about his sim i actually spent so much time making the demon form)

Hair: Kijiko or you can use Scyllasims. I just like how Kijiko's looks on him.

Horns: Scyllasims

Wings: Scyllasims

Eyes: Scyllasims

Glasses & Demon Markings: Mammoney by Dro

Jacket 1: Darte77 Bomber Jacket

Jacket 2: TEOS Male Leather Jacket (clips a little into the jeans)

Jeans: Belted jeans by Darte77

Pants Demon Form: TIME Combat Trousers

Shirt Demon Form: Male Clothes Set by Nell

Harness: Regina Raven

Leviathan

Hair: Kijiko or you can use Scyllasims

Eyes: Scyllasims

Horns: Scyllasims

Tail: Scyllasims

Headphones: Aurisk Headphones

Scales: Pyxiidis Interstellar Alien Overlays

Jacket: The Sims 4 University

Sweatpants: The Sims 4 High School Years

Shoes: The Sims 4 Spa Day

Demon Form Jacket: The Sims 4 City Living

Demon Form Jeans: The Sims 4 City Living

Satan

Hair: Scyllasims

Eyes: Scyllasims

Horns: Scyllasims

Tail: Scyllasims

Skin Overlay: Fugue

Eyebrows: Pralinesims April Eyebrow Pack

Sweater: from Demonsongbird on LoversLab (NSFW 18+; i can't find the original creator for the cc)

Jeans: The Sims 4 (i think it's just base game)

Jeans 2: I seriously couldn't find them I'm so sorry

Demon Form Jacket: Bomber Jacket by Darte77

Asmodeus

Hair: Scyllasims

Eyes: Scyllasims

Horns: Scyllasims

Wings: Scyllasims

Earrings: MYOBI Cross Earrings

Earrings 2: Giuliettasims Scorpion Earrings

Scarf: S-Club Scarf

Pants: SSTS Pants

Demon Form Vest: F.A.T.E zip up top

Demon Form Pants: Spank Leather Leggings

Lipstick: Stability

Eyeshadow: The Avocado Collection by Pralinesims

Demon Form Heels: The Sims 4 Luxury Party Stuff

Bracelets: The Sims 4 base game

Beelzebub

Hair: Kijiko or you can use Scyllasims Hair

Eyes: Scyllasims

Horns: Scyllasims

Wings: Scyllasims

Skin Overlay: Fugue

Freckles: Freckles #4 by Pralinesims

Joggers: jogger pants by Darte77

Shoes: The Sims 4 Spa Day

Jacket: The Sims 4 Base Game

Demon Form Jeans: The Sims 4 Realm of Magic

Demon Form Boots: The Sims 4 Base Game

Demon Form Jacket: The Sims 4 High School Years

Belphegor

i seriously tried to give him cow spots in his demon form but it didn't look right i was so sad. T_T Also couldn't find a cow print hoodie to save my life.

Hair: Scyllasims

Eyes: Scyllasims

Horns: Scyllasims

Tail: Scyllasims

Freckles: Freckles #4 by Pralinesims

Eyelashes: 3D lashes by Miiko

Sweater: Imadako

Pants: Willy Pants by Birba32 ( I think?)

Boots: Urban Boots

Demon form Joggers: Sims 4 Get Together

Demon Form Jacket: High School Years

Gloves: Sims 4 Base Game

[starvoidsailor]

I saw @dapperpea ask for another one of my ramblings about names and etymology but with Gaius this time.

So let's talk Gaius Baelsar.

As mentioned in my previous post, Gaius was most likely primarily named after Gaius Julius Caesar, roman dictator and key figure in the rise of the Roman Empire from the Roman Republic. To cement this connection to the Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar further as Gaius' namesake I will have to refer briefly to another character; Livia sas Junius.

While we don't know the exact relationship between these two (and I won't go into speculations about the in-game relationship, this is about names) there is reason to suggest that Livia and Nero were named partially to help establish Gaius as a parallel to Julius Caesar. Nero being named after one of his most famous Centurion and Livia being named after the wife of Emperor Gaius Augustus, Livia Drusilla, adopted daughter of Julius Caesar.

Both of them were also very brilliant and talented tacticians commanding their forces on the field and showing remarkable military victories. An example being the victories Caesar managed to pull of in the Gallic War through various means culminating in him conquering Gaul for Rome, not unlike the preset in ARR with Gaius and the XIVth Legion being set up in a similar way trying to conquer Eorzea for the Garlean Empire.

As a funny addendum; Julius Caesar believed himself to be a direct descendant from Aeneas, a minor figure in the Trojan war who later became relevant in the Aeneas Myth as the Ancestor of Romulus and Remus and by extension Rome. That is funny because Aeneas mother is Aphrodite, Goddess of Love. (I could go into another side tangent about why Caesar claimed that and why Aphrodite, or Venus rather, was a clever connection to establish and worship in ancient Rome as a politician and her origins as a War Goddess, but this is about FFXIV and I am not OSP)

Further connections to Caesar can be made in their downfall; betrayed by allies, Caesar was famously assassinated by senators and stabbed to death while Gaius arguably got betrayed in the Praetorium by Lahabrea using the Heart of Sabik to cast Ultima and then left after his defeat at the hands of the Warrior of Light, both falling to their demise at the age of 56. Though there is another General that could also have been inspiration for Gaius, something I will cover a bit further down. For now, let's focus on the name and it's etymology itself.

Gaius was not an uncommon name in Rome, one of Julius Caesars assassins was named Gaius Longinus, and the list of emperors and famous people with Gaius somewhere in their name is longer than I want to recall, including Caligula's real name, who was named Gaius Julius Caesar in honor of the emperor we discussed so far.

It was one of the most common personal names, or Praenomen, in ancient Rome, and one of the oldest in use, also spelled as Caius. Interesting side-tangent; the feminine form of Gaius is Gaia and the only Praenomen more frequent than Gaius was Lucius if i recall correctly.

Due to this Gaius as a name developed a special denotation as a referral to any man, kind of like John Doe, and Gaia followed suit. Your wedding vows in ancient Rome quiet literally had you say "As you are Gaius, I am Gaia", that is how much of a common name Gaius was.

Gaius most likely is derived from the same root the word gaudere originated from, meaning "to rejoice" or "to take pleasure [in something]". Funfact, the Italian godere evolved from this Proto-Italian word gaudere and can be slang for "Cumming" alongside its other connotations of taking pleasure or enjoying something.

Now, where it gets interesting once more is Baelsar. You see, Baelsar as a last name does not exist, not really. There are similar sounding last names to Baelsar, like Belzer which is a Middle High German last name roughly meaning fur and denoting a furrier, but nothing if you look for Baelsar specifically.

Bael itself was, before being demonized, a Canaanite weather and fertility God.

If we took the name apart we could get Bael and Sar.

Bael being the name of a demon in the Lesser Key of Solomon with command over either six, sixty-six or 250 legions, warden of the east and power to turn man invisible, love and science.

We could also look to the Bael tree, a fruit tree from India who is sacred to Hindus and in early hymns declared place of residence of the Goddess Lakshmi (Goddess of Luck, Love, Fertility, Prosperity, Beauty and Health) as well as an incarnations of the goddess Sati (Goddess of Power, Marital Felicity and Longevity) and favored by Shiva (God of Destruction).

Both of these avenues derive from vastly different sources, one from a God turned Demon, and the other from Hinduism.

Another look we could take is into the pronunciation of Gaius' last name; we hear it most commonly spoken as Belsar, where we swallow the a, just like with Ætheris. If we now turn our Bael into Bæl we have a word that actually exists with Proto-Indo-European roots, a word we can find in Old English, meaning "Funeral Pyre".

Sar also being found in many languages, but in Old English specifically meaning painful or sore, as well as other variations of these words alluding to wounds or pain.

If we put all that aside and only look at the pronunciation of his last name we will get a more probable and logical origin of it. Belsar comes from the Late Latin word Belisari. Belisari itself is the genitive of Belisarius, meaning roughly "Axe" and "Warrior", and also being the name of a famous general in the byzantine Empire who had a fascinating military career, similar to Gaius in game, showing off success after success for his emperor in battle before being tried and branded a traitor and conspirator.

It was quite fun diving into the possible connections and inspirations Gaius name has and discovering both parallels to famous roman generals and political figures like Julius Caesar and Belisarius as well as the, quite surprising, connections to religion we could get from his last name if we butchered it a bit. Most of these finds, especially everything regarding his last name, are definitely a stretch on my part and most likely not the real intentions.

Following those thoughts thou, some head canons that arose from my research on this:

The Baelsar family itself was never of that much importance in the Empire and only became known after Gaius rose through the military ranks

His first command of a troupe was given to him relatively early, somewhere in his late 20's to early 30's

There is definitely a not insignificant number of people in the Empire in their probably mid to late teens called Gaius or Caius specifically because of him and his renown

He definitely knows how to skin and tan fur

This man fucks. A lot.

Edit: Spelling, restructured for easier reading

[antiv3nom]

asuka ask game? pick your favorite one

ok so i do enjoy asuka guiltygear but i have been thinking REALLY hard about asuka tekken as of late so we're talking about her today

also this took me WAY too long to post i apologize but it Is out here so yaaaay

favorite thing about them:

ok so legally i have to mention asuka's tekken 8 design because motherfucker WHAT were they thinking with that one. what the fuck was the inspiration. but i love it so much i cannot lie

other than that, i really enjoy her rivalry with lili and how moderately insane that bit has gotten, and i like how they've kept her a character who is a) defensively focused in her gameplay even among the generally aggressive play of t8, and b) has a generally down-to-earth feel to her despite. Everything. happening in tekken

least favorite thing about them:

so i was actually talking to a friend about this recently and she explained my feelings really well, its like. asuka feels like the protagonist of another story that isnt being told.

it feels like she has so much stuff that COULD be a really interesting plot focus for her but it just. hasnt been? like everything between her and feng COULD be so neat but its just been sort of...by the wayside for the past few games in favor of keeping up with the mishimas (new sitcom there btw)

favorite line:

asuka's quotes are fun but most arent super noteworthy unfortunately? its mostly pretty standard fare for fighting game open and win quotes unforch :( i will say though, i do really enjoy this win line in t8 from her:

It's not good to fight all the time. Well, see ya!

bc like. girl. what do you think youre out here doing rn. girl please

(note: i dont speak japanese so i couldnt say anything towards this, but i wonder if asuka speaks with a kansai accent/dialect in game? her being from osaka and all, itd be a cool little addition)

brOTP:

omg actually ive seen stuff between leo and asuka that's been fun before i really enjoy that, iirc theyre not super close in the main canon but i wanna say in the non-canon webcomic theyre friends? i think thats right? either way its a fun concept

OTP:

asulili...uwoagh........

fellas is it gay to buy your rival's dojo and fill it entirely with roses to get their attention? certainly not. certainly.

i do wish we saw some amount more narrative tension between them since most of it has sort of dissolved by t8 but i do think theyre really cute and as mentioned before i really do enjoy their whole bit its awesome

SHOUTOUT ASULILI WEEK BTW I DONT HAVE THE TIME TO PARTICIPATE BUT I AM HYPED ABOUT ITS EXISTENCE

nOTP:

i do not think i have been around long enough to see another pairing for asuka, let alone one i dislike, so i cannot answer this question LMAO

random headcanon:

spun my mental wheel of headcanon topics and it wouldnt stop spinning for like half an hour unfortunately so im just telling you that i think asuka would play baiken or may in strive

unpopular opinion:

i still havent been here long enough to know whats unpopular regarding her :,) although i think in terms of gameplay i think she's cooler than most people believe, though i do agree that her current iteraiton in t8 isnt very strong within the meta unforch :(

song i associate with them:

i can nigh on guarantee that it's because ive been listening to this song while thinking about her really hard recently but absolute zero by natori (banger btw go watch the music video it goes unbelievably hard), i think the lyrics arent entirely unfitting though!!!

favorite picture of them:

i really like this profile art option for her, the posing is fun and the textures on the clothing are really impressive

and then also i have to mention her preset 3 outfit which i LOVE SO SO MUCH

(apologies as i cant find a better example pic and do not feel like opening t8 at 2 in the morning on this day)

[nectar-cellar]

Get to Know Me - Sims Edition

i am so late to this but thank you to everyone who tagged and mentioned me!! i loved reading your answers, i love being nosy.

let me get this first q out of the way:

Who's your favourite sim that you've made?

it's a tie between my 2 little meow meows pictured above 🥺

amir because he's the oc i'm most attached to and have most fully developed

vlad because i just love the way his sim turned out and he's such a fun character to think about

if they ever met, vlad would be like "greetings." and amir would be like "bro what the fucckkk" 😭

speaking of vampires i also love the idea of au-vampire-amir being this ashamed, existential crisis having vegetarian vampire who struggles with controlling and hiding his bloodlust.

i never get bored coming up with ideas for those 2.

rest of my answers below the cut :3

What's your favourite Sims death?

it's been YEARS since i intentionally made any of sims die. i barely do gameplay these days and i am attached to the sims i make. but when i used to play sims chaotically, i preferred to "accidentally" murder sims by fire instead of deleting the pool ladder. i would furnish their houses with the cheapest stoves and fireplaces, and sit back and watching the inevitable unfold... it was the final destination fan in me.

Alpha CC or Maxis Match?

i can't live without alpha hair and i love a well done piece of alpha clothing.

Favourite Mod?

CmarNYC morphing penis 😐

for a sfw mod, pose player was truly a game changer, can't play without it.

First Expansion/Game Pack/Stuff Pack?

i never bought any of them 💅 the first one i p*rated was late night because umm a fancy city, bars and clubs, celebs and vampires, 2000s hoe clothes... what more could you want!

Do you pronounce live mode or aLIVE or LiVing?

a-live!

Have you made a simself?

no ❤

Which is your favorite EA hair color?

if we're talking about TS4, i think the ginger hair colour is okay and the grey too. for TS3, i don't use any of the default hair colour presets.

Favorite EA hair?

i've tried so hard and i just cannot enjoy any of them compared to the alpha cc hair available. in my opinion this is the least offensive one, the "teddy" from the store:

Favorite life stage?

young adult

Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay?

i'm in it for cas and the storytelling medium

Are you a CC creator?

hehe...

Do you have any Simblr friends or a Sim Squad?

i consider all the people i frequently engage with to be my simblr friends!! 💗

Do you have a YouTube for sims?

i've considered recording, editing and uploading speed CAS videos but it seems like a lot of effort 😭

How has your “Sims style” changed throughout your years of playing?

i've always preferred creating masculine male sims/characters, that hasn't changed throughout the years. i've learned how to take better pictures, how to style my sims better, how to create the kinds of clothes i want to style them in, and i've learned my preferred slider settings and facial features/proportions. i make the same "genre" of male sims over and over and over again, so my style hasn't really changed, but my skills have improved and i've solidified my aesthetic which i am proud of :D

Who's your favourite CC creator?

i really can't pick a favourite because there is just so much sheer talent and a thriving cc community even today, but if i had to pick one, i would say rustynail. i used the shit out of their cc back in the day. everything my sims wore was straight off the runway darling... rusty brought glamour and high fashion to the sims! an inspiration.

How long have you had a simblr?

since even before 2013 😭 tumblr was my main social media for many years LMFAOOOOO and i made a simblr after following many ts3 blogs, being wowed by their screenshots, and i wanted to join in on the fun and wanted to download all the cool cc people were making... that was the start of my ts3 obsession !

How do you edit your pictures?

i use a gshade preset i made, then i mostly just crop and add text in gimp. i don't have the patience to edit my pics.

What expansion/ stuff pack is your favourite?

late night duh and seasons is a close second because it just makes the game so much more immersive and beautiful. pets is also a top one because it adds so much to the game, it's such a well thought out pack in my opinion, and what life simulator can be complete without pets?

[katyspersonal]

OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH HGJGTFH GUYS I LOVE SOTE SO FUCKING MUCH AAAAAAA I got back to playing it and it was so much fun today I HAD A HUGE BLAST TODAY GOD LET ME JUST share a log (probably a two parter)

1) So I continued on my way through the woods!! I was not wrong about how these guys were invincible too! By that time @val-of-the-north woke up and confirmed that you only really can sneak past them by crouching in the bushes! In fact, there were preset notes from the devs with the hints and I just haven't payed attention.. т.т So the stealth quest took me Eniugh attempts

2) I intentionally got close to this plant because from the looks of it I thought it was a collectable material or something:

Turned out that it actually was a bell that instantly alerts the Untouchables and attracts you to them ;-; Well you fuck around and find out I guess XD

3) I then found the mansion!!!! This took me a while too, this forest is SO confusing! I will never EVER talk shit about Forbidden Woods from Bloodborne again ;-; But on the bright note, although I am extremely bad at confusing open world locations and maps in general, I managed to strain my mind and actually remember which turns I've already visited and not! Conquering my weaknesses!

4) I was surprised to find..... this

There is a line of headless corpses like this before the entrance. I assume their heads exploded from Frenzy of course?

5) Instantly was interested because of the amount of thrown and burnt books everywhere here! I was thinking, so was Midra a huge nerd then? 🤔 How the painting was the only non-ruined and unburnt thing here was cool too. I told Val "damn the art in this setting really IS the magic".. and, well, it kinda is? When you examine the paintings in artist shacks, they do mention how the soul is dwelling in them still or something like that

6) The painting also depicted the Manse when it was still thriving and the land wasn't afflicted by Frenzied Flame!

I wanted to take a better screenshot of it by zooming in...... and accidentally hit it instead and it disappeared 🤡 It was an invisible wall! I swear only I could have failed in such a dumb way gfhggvn

7) THIS IS A SURPRISE TOOL THAT WILL HELP US LATER:

Turns out that this is an in-universe hint for how the Aging Untoucheable actually CAN be killed! But perhaps I am getting ahead of myself.... -_-

8) So basically 'how there are THIS many books everywhere' continued. They are literally everywhere. And then even more because there is a library. Damn, this guy could compete with Micolash on the subject of 'insanity displayed by books tossed everywhere chaotically'!! I was already curious!

9) Speaking of curious, I really wondered why Midra himself didn't have the horns! From prior descriptions and a dialogue by another ghost by how they and Midra are of the same brethren as the Hornsent inquisitors that hunted them, I assumed he should have been the Hornsent himself and maybe earlier I didn't see it clearly on the portrait. Heck, the ghosts in the Manse also have horns!

But nope. There were no horns on the portrait, and then I was extra sure during the cutscene..

10) aaaaand I fucked up and COMPLETELY forgot to take the screenshots during his battle ;-; When I got to this post I thought maybe I snapped some during my many deaths, but no I didn't. I forgot. I got too caught into it..

11) I already heard that he would be a boss, so when I first met him as just an enemy I needed to kill I knew it was just a lead up for the battle xd Though I didn't dodge his grab attack in time and it felt.. odd when he howevered over Tarnished and laughed already 🤔 And.... siiiggh..

12) friends: Katy Katy Katy oh my god you really should find the Frenzy guy in the DLC you will like him so much we just can tell!!!

me: Get LOST with this guys, I am not interested in some random guy parasiting on Shabriri lore, besides unlike you CASUALS I do not simp for taken characters so he can get kicked into the same nonsimpable box as Rykard and Rellana! Also, still picturing you guys as CASUALS, no Aldrich married to Rosaria is different as it isn't simping but reverence!!!

me: *spends next ~40 minutes being absolutely lost in this boss' vibe to the point of literally drooling, gets overall absolutely helpless and just watches his dance-like moves and legit can't recall a more intimate experience with a Soulsborne boss. it wasn't this way even with Maria.*

me: I am booboo the fool

13) No, but seriously though.. My initial reaction was a slight annoyance! I ran to Val complaining that I deadass had no idea how the HECK I could survive even a couple of his attacks! I just felt so incompetent after several quick failed attempts, even saying that it seemed like I've reached the point where I have to watch the vids of the bosses I could not beat to know what happens next!

No, Val didn't tell me to git gud, no gfggf He should have though He just gave me a hint that the bleed might help! So I went to change strategy again and reborn with a bigger healthbar and overall different states, took Mohg's spear the old reliable, used talisman of Cleanrots that powered up continuous attacks + Mohg's one that made bleed stronger and went with it. It was really hard, but I had no choice but to adapt

And like... I know that "this battle feels more like a dance once you get into it" is a compliment thrown around very often with Soulsborne bosses, but this boss deserved it the MOST I swear. It is impossible to put into words how I was starting to feel over time, just.. inexplainable beauty in how he was moving for attack, you could tell he was enjoying it :') I didn't feel the same level even with Malenia's battle! The way this battle felt weirdly intimate also absolutely fits the way Frenzied Flame functions; one of the incantations refers it too? And the way his movements and grabs were weirdly calming considering the context felt the same as what was earlier stated about Chaos bringing sense of peace after burning victim's eyes! Just how, HOW they made it so good? They've nonverbally put the same information into this encounter. And the music was absolutely the biggest banger, what the fuck?

14) Okay I can write much more paragraphs trying to grasp what exactly was this feeling and still not be able to overcome my complete lack of verbal communication skills lol gghggh I start to understand why @heraldofcrow at times can't put her feelings into words and uses that gif of sad girl in the rain gfggjhnh

15) Still, the battle was beautiful but HARD! I decided to call @jarognieva to help me and while she needed "just three minutes" to get ready I decided to go and kill time by still trying to defeat Midra anyway, and.....

I ACTUALLY DID IT???? GGTFHHHGHH GODDAMIT I ACTUALLY DID IT AAAAAA I LEGIT FELT AWKWARD, I guess relaxing upon knowing that the help was coming was the missing piece ahahdgfg! (Jara did help me with another boss later though but about this in the next post xD)

16) .....and satisfaction left in literal seconds. Instead I felt so devastated and angry at the fact that there are no boss resurrection option in this game. :/ While I was struggling with him it felt so hard, although I wasn't giving up and studied his patterns... But instantly I felt regret about defeating him too fast and no longer getting to have that fun with that incredible music... Experienced reverse of Skill Issue, basically.

17) Something something May Chaos Take The World something

18) To think of it, Midra as Lord of Frenzy is as much a himself as Malenia is herself when she turns into Goddess of Rot though 🤔 The vibe before and after is different. Both characters are very much on their way to become husks of former selves, or rather, vessels for a different entity that represents an Outer God! (+ funnier how Shabriri and Gowry likewise have identical functions as "bringers" of this godly figure but not becoming it)

.......but that makes it even more captivating 😳

19) After this point I really didn't know what to do, it felt like enough for today so I just decided to complete the lose ends like items I didn't collect yet in this area!

^ Also answers the question as to why Torrent was too scared to go here.

(So yeah, misc items in the next post it is just 1 AM here and I've lost the track of time playing sorry gfhygh)

[lucidicer]

📩 Simblr question of the day: Do you have any blogs that make your day when they post? Mention them! Tell us why you like them!

HEYYYYYYYYYYYY LETS GET INTO IT!!!! okay before we start if i dont tag u its cause i have bad memory but trust u r all super cool and post dope shit MWAH

ahhh where to begin first of all @mattodore @crsentfairy @literalite @gunthermunch @stinkrascal got some of the coolest fucking ocs and stories going on like id read a whole book abt their little guys if they offered it to me im eating up every bit of lore but nothing can satiate the hunger for it!!!!!!! and they all have such cool unique styles like omggggggg eats all ur posts up yum yum @olya-occult-lover i think ur blog was crafted specifically with me as the target audience like UGHHHHHH SO GOOD EVERY POST!!!!!!!! absolutely incredible actually a whole celebration when u post @softerhaze @wooldawn @minamill @diwnssi @fizzytoo @peonypyxels @briteboy @daminini @crow-simblr me kicking my legs head propped up on my hands as i look at ur gameplay posts like damn i love ur little pixel people dearly pats them and u on the head i am incredibly jealous when yall post ur saves like damn couldnt be me i am going to live vicariously thru u <3 @arcanewonder UHHH WHERE TO BEGIN???? absolutely incredible posts never misses and this includes the gameplay sideblog like i can never get enough im always itching for me I NEED TO LIVE IN UR GAMEEEEE crawling into ur monitor as soon as i post this and ur renders omg...how tf do u do all that actually so so talented @zohrou @desertdusk @uxji @rollingsim got hands down my fav sim styles on simblr TOO GOOD how do we have the same tools and yet yall do all that everytime actually insane u guys graduated top of ur classes at sim making university @void-imp UR EDITING STYLEEEE ITS SO COOL AND DIFFERENT I LOVE IT SM!!!!!!!! like actually so incredibly distinct i adore it it really stands out on simblr @imageingrunge all of ur posts r so dreamy but like in a haunting way but a comfy haunting way like hmm this house is haunted but i kind like this ghosts vibes yknow? obsessed with everything u post also ur presets r gorg btw @plutoeyes UR POSTS ALSO SO DREAMY AND HAUNTING UGHH i eat up everything u put out ur style is so so damn cool thank u for blessing simblr with ur work <3 ahhhh i know i could tag so many more but i dont want this to be too long like for my phone is already lagging rnfofhfjf okay speedrun tag of cool ppl @wildmelon @warmsol @oxalisim @kazuaru @cinamun @djservo @cas-fulleditmode2 @pralinesims @bnt0 @glittermutt @wldestluv-rs @sashima @gashface @kingfakey

[albywritesfiction]

Hi, I have a random ask that came to mind after that other person asked details about how Ædan breaking up with MC was reveived by the public.

So, the intro post says the MC is heatbroken after that... but is that necessarily true? Considering Ædan apparently didn't want that, it seems it was to be an arrange marriage? But then, is it possible for the MC to actually not have loved him either? And for it to have been something they went through with from a duty perspective, disregarding their own emotions on the matter? Or is loving Ædan at the beginning a set thing for the MC even if we'll be able to set more things about their personality from that point on?

I don't even know which prospect is more interesting to me to be honest, so no matter your answer I will be happy with it, but I am very curious about that point!

Ædan won't be able to stay far from my MC anyway since the RO I'm interested in is his brother heh. Which makes me wonder if he feels guilty about what he did... because if he does, then seeing his MC still there all the time will certainly make it worse, and sort of makes me feel bad, but at the same time I know it's deserved considering how he handled things.

Thank you and have a great day!

Hello Konoï and Noir! I appreciate that your interest will not wane regardless of what I had decided for MC with regards to their feelings for Ædan, and your curiosity is always welcome 😄

MC being in love with Ædan since they met is one of the preset details of their background, together with their academic excellence and proficiency in a variety of weapons as mentioned in MC’s intro post.

Ædan won't be able to stay far from my MC anyway since the RO I'm interested in is his brother heh. Which makes me wonder if he feels guilty about what he did... because if he does, then seeing his MC still there all the time will certainly make it worse, and sort of makes me feel bad, but at the same time I know it's deserved considering how he handled things.

I hope you enjoy what I’ve planned for Ædric’s route! Ædan does feel a bit guilty about what he did, but he pushes it down with the reasoning that he had to do it for Helene’s sake, so that they could be together legally and she wouldn’t just be his lover or concubine.

You’ll get to see how his feelings change though up close if you choose to stick around with Ædric 😄

[jazzpostsrandomthings]

My introduction to FFXIV

Hey, after posting the thing about the stress test server a few weeks ago, I got an idea to try and go down the memory lane, trying to recall everything that had happened during the time I've spent playing Final Fantasy XIV. I hope that someone would find my story and experiences interesting. After all, I found out that I enjoyed seeing other people's reactions to the game itself as well.

But in order to tell my story, I have to start somewhere. And I can't find a better way to do so than to tell you how I learnt of the game in the first place.

Not sure when exactly did it start, but I remember my friend mentioning that he was playing FFXIV during Summer this year, I think. I wasn't too interested, after all I had prior experience with MMORPGs like Aion, Tera, Black Desert, ArchAge and even that Digimon Masters Online or whatever was it called, and I didn't go further than level 30 in any of them (which meant I was playing for less than a month or a month and a half at max for Aion (the 2010 version prior to becoming the cash shop simulator with no story) and Digimon Masters). Why was I trying so many MMOs out in the first place? Well, my mom is actually into MMOs herself so I was visiting the titles she was playing as well (minus Digimon Masters) to help her and just find a title I would like, but it never clicked so I thought that maybe I wasn't into online gaming in the first place.

So when I heard that my friend was playing an MMORPG that was also a part of a franchise I didn't know much about, I kinda wanted to join... but I hesitated, knowing that it would probably end the same way as it did for five other titles I've listed above.

Fast-forward to the beginning of September 2023, September 2nd to be presice, when I saw some hentai-loving douche from a Russian Megaman Discord server saying how much the old gaming and MMOs sucked in comparison to perverted gachas he was playing with and how the critically-acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV was actually trash. Needless to say, the guy was banned for posting hentai there. But either way, what he said about FFXIV was actually a good advertisement for the game so I remembered what my friend was saying and decided to reach out to him, saying I am willing to give it a shot. I did mention that I might not stay for too long here due to my track record with MMORPGs, but he said it was fine and that I can leave if it doesn't light up the spark in me in a month. He then made a group DM with a friend of his who actually was a person I saw on a different server a few years ago so that was neat.

I made a SquareEnix account that same evening, downloaded the game and then logged into the Free Trial for the first time, getting hit with this game's version of Prelude (even though I wasn't a fan or FF series, I knew the tune) and feeling a sense of tranquility, staying on the screen for a few minutes and continuing to listen to it while fiddling with settings.

I watched the opening cinematic (it was great but I was wondering if the game even had Japanese voice acting because I like playing games and hearing their original language, be it English, Japanese or something else, just a personal preference) and got to the character creator. I was looking at the races, finding a liking to exactly the three of them -- cat-eared people with furry tails known as Miqo'te, tall and slender horned people named Au Ra and short child-like folk with long ears by the name of Lalafell.

Also I was struggling a lot with trying to read most of the race's names at first. It took me at least a few weeks to memorize them even.

At first, I wanted to make Axl as a cat boy here, thinking that I probably won't stick for long anyway (and I did make him in the game later, I still have his preset saved), but I decided to actually choose the race none of my friends picked up (one was a Miqo'te, other was an Au Ra), so I went for a lalafell and made my boy Pi from ROCKMAN ZERO - Chapter: AXL here to the best of my ability. One of the two friends was certainly really happy I chose a potato according to her messages when I had announced it :D

After getting freaked out by the game asking what my deity was (picked Oschon because Pi has a thing for exploring and learning new stuff about the world), I decided to pick the Healer class, before getting told not to do that because it would make early combat really annoying, and then my friend told me I can go for Arcanist since it would become a Healer class at level 30. Needless to say, I went for the book, then chose the Atomos server because my friends were there (ping wasn't bad here at all, even though everything tends to freeze rarely due to my internet provider screwing me over) and thus had set my eyes towards the seaside jewel of Eorzea -- Limsa Lominsa...

I didn't know there was a different opening for each of the city-states at that time so I had some flashbacks to ArchAge when my character, Pi Peataan (I REALLY didn't think much while giving the character a name), but then we had actually arrived to the city and... I realized I underestimated my PC with the potato graphics settings I had supposedly set for it. Those bushes took me out of it for a moment.

So, I arrived to Limsa, fixed the graphics, met Baderon Tenfingers (still giggling at that name), took notes that pirate speak is indeed quite hard for me to read quickly, then went to the main plaza with giant aetherite where I was met by my friends, the self-proclaimed 'emo catboy' Miqo'te Summoner/Scholar and an immensely tall black-scaled Auri Dark Knight. They greeted me, which made me feel all shy because before that I've only seen these people as 2D avatars and text messages, and now they could ran around me and kinda interact with me... ahem. One of them added me to the friends list (other couldn't, he was still in Free Trial), and then went their own ways while I had one hour left before the bed to explore the city.

I didn't know yet that you don't need to do yellow quests so i just picked up all the quests that were available in Limsa before proceeding with the main quest. I was getting lost in this giant city A LOT, which was the result of me having what I call "topographical cretinism", but I was... enjoying it. I ended the day without setting a foot outside the starting area, but I was looking forward towards tomorrow to explore some more, drifting to sleep while the main menu theme kept ringing in my head, accompanying me into my dreams...

Hope you enjoyed this entry. I will try to continue this series. I had a lot of fun remembering the details of the first day of FFXIV for me and what was I feeling during it all. Playing through it again with my friends that cannot play FFXIV or don't want to sink so much time into an MMO, and looking through the backlog of messages and screenshots in Discord I left while going through all of that certainly helped to assemble these memories back in a proper order.

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[ophernelia]

THIS IS A LONG ASK BUT ITS NICE SO PLEASE DONT BLOCK ME!! Im too scared to come off anon but i wanted to say that i followed you since you were peachmilktea with 200 followers and i am like weirdly proud of how far you’ve grown. I know i don’t know you and thats the weird part but I remember when you started posting about lykaia and would only get a few likes (me being one of them 💀) and its really nice to see how far you’ve come now in just a few months. I struggle with depression and watching lykaia has helped me feel better and gave me some comfort. and i wont say copy because its not copying but Ive the influence i guess you’re had with some other creators and not in like a mean way but I just think that its cool. i saw ashleyplays post about you on twitter and it was nice to see my two favorite creators talk about inspiring each other. its made me want to try different stuff out in my own game and especially with reshade I hadn’t tried it before you mentioned how easy it is to make presets. Every interaction ive had with you has always been really nice so I just wanted to tell you I appreciate you and your content. And I hope you post a new build soon too!! xx

Oh my goodness! This has me bawling so if there’s some typos that autocorrect can’t fix, know that’s why. First off, the way I wanna know who you are soooooo bad! But I’ll respect your anonymity lol. If you’ve been here since peachmlktea then you were a day one for sure! That was like August of last year lol. And as someone who also deals with depression, I am so so so glad and happy Lykaia provides you with even an ounce of comfort. The whole reason I even make the show is because it helps me cope, so I’m so glad that it helps you out too.

And the influence thing.. eh I won’t touch on that at all. I’m a quick learner lol. I won’t miss the mark again. So, I won’t take credit for that. I couldn’t anyway. This community is filled to the brim with talented and creative people. Always has been prior to me jumping into content creation and will always continue to do so. EA gave us the bones of this game and everyone just said “Bet. Watch what I do with it”. But yeah that interaction with her was amazing! Its always nice when people whose work you admire tell you they admire yours. She’s lovely! I have nothing but respect for her and her craft. My personal stuff aside, a lot of creators in the community have been really cool like that. The creators hype each other up pretty often. We bicker like siblings every 3 business days, but we’re good for acknowledging each other too lol. And yesss! I’m a reshade girly fr now. It makes the game feel new every time you use/make a new preset. It’s a fun program to play around with.

But I am so grateful and thankful to you! This was one of the sweetest messages I’ve ever received. You absolutely made my day with this. And if you ever feel comfy coming off anon, message me privately!

[thefallenangelsgang]

I'm working on a more elegant Meet the OCs page for all my stuff but for now I wanna share my BG3 baybeeessssss

Starting with Wynleth Reiden

A High Elf Paladin of Lathander (Oath of Redemption on paper but Devotion in BG3). She goes through some hair changes over the course of the story (Act 3 really got to her). Her Act 1 look is new to my second play through, I am still not happy with it but I don't care enough because this look isn't what I think about when I imagine her.

[ACT ONE]

[ACT TWO] (ignore the armor, we were experimenting with color pallets and this wasn't it lmao)

[ACT THREE]

She also has a war paint look I'm trying to figure out if I like or not.

Wynleth's Dream Guardian

The Emperor takes the vague form of one of Wynleth's ancestors, a Lathandite Martyr by the name of Tali (mentioned in passing in my Oneshot By Any Other Name) Wynleth doesn't recognize them until they get into Baldur's Gate, then she realizes The Emperor's whole ploy to get the party to trust it.

Rhett Atwater

Another one of my actual DnD PCs brought to life. A Half Wood Elf Fighter (she's an Arcane Archer on paper but Battle Master in BG3) and our ranged weapons expert.

My beef with Larian about the lack of POC and specifically Black features is immense. She has a High Elf face preset because there really are no presets for Half Elves but I doctored the photos so she could have half-elf ears as she should. Also not the style I would have given her, but the only one that resembled her locs. I am this close to learning how to use the mod manager just to get mods to fix these oversights.

Laertes Last-Name-is-TBD

A Mephistopheles Tiefling College of Lore Bard, and the only one who isn't a DnD PC of mine. He was born from me deciding to make Caprice from Legends of Avantris's Beneath Dark Wings (for the laughs and also because my only bard is literally impossible to make in BG3 (unavailable race and subclasses)) and then panicking because I actually had character ideas about him. So! Laertes! Who truly no longer has anything in common with his inspiration outside of vague visual similarities and their chosen College and instrument. (I love violins/fiddles, I want to talk about folk music, sue me Derek /j)

His hair is much curlier than pictured, and his mustache a bit more pompous. He's an instrument craftsman from Elturel who escaped with the refugees.

[gammaliminal]

I would like to hear more about Project Strangelove, because it seems very interesting

hihi!!! id love to explain :3

so!!! in Project Strangelove (which may be known as How to Stop Worrying) you are, essentially, managing your own little conspiracy towards any goal ranging from small-time nuisances all the way to like global government scheme level conspiracy organisation. a silly lil spoof on spy thrillers if you will!!

explanation of da concept below!!! topics of paranoia n stuffs are mentioned here btw !!

you'll have to manage your employees and your home base of operations, and you'll have to manage it well because depending on what you do, it could either spell your own doom as an organisation OR shoot you into the stratosphere!! for example if you choose to build your base in a shoddy location or you dont really give it enough support if its like an underground base, you could get a game over purely because your base either got tracked down or it just caved in fhdjfks

another thing is that you'll be competing with other smaller or larger conspiracies, national powers etc!! (note that this is not other players - these would be in-game, preset conspiracies)

you could possibly lose employees and resources to these other conspiracy groups, you could game over to them etc etc. but a little detail we decided would be cool to add is that when you die or game over, the ending certificate that slides in will be themed around whichever conspiracy you had the most rivalry with (aka how much trouble they've caused you, how much you two have interacted, the tension between groups etc.)

oh and!!! you also gotta treat your employees right :3 or the employees of your group may unionize and fight against you for control over the conspiracy, for their rights etc. and it would be Very Detrimental so,,,, make sure to treat ur workers right!! definitely not a projection of real world occurrences

this game wants to play off of the paranoia of the player as well!!! while PARANOIA isn't inherently a mechanic that would be in the game - it would definitely be an internal value that changes things in game (more specifically, the wording!!! to make things sound more/less risky to make the player more likely to make bad decisions teehee)

the more paranoid and locked-in, no risks allowed someone plays, the slower they'll progress and the more they risk potentially having employees leave or change their minds and unionize etc. but on the opposite side, if you play TOO care-free and takes a lotta risks, then it makes it very highly likely that the players base of operations is found, theyre taken under custody by the national powers, stuff like that. ideally a player will want to be just paranoid enough but still not worrying over EVERYTHING to actually make some good progress and stuffs (eh? eh? perhaps they... learn How To Stop Worrying? ehhhh?) but yeah. summary of that is just, player needs to be paranoid but not too paranoid in order to progress at a productive pace

and ik all of this sounds suuper duper serious(ish) but in-game it kinda takes the piss at itself and doesnt take itself THAT seriously - its silly but still semi-serious kinda

i apologise if this whole write-up is all over the place!! i am extremely sleep deprived n kinda gremlin mode rn fhdjfsk tysm for the ask tho !!!